Not all that strange. Semi-realistic emergency training often goes just like this. I used to work for a contractor to DOE, which had three large nuclear installations in the region and we had these kinds of drills about every 6 months. A "scenario" would be set up -- radiological emergency, accidental chemical release, collapsed building, etc. -- and then all the people who would be involved would receive a message on our pagers (yes, this was the day of pagers...ugh! Nasty little things that could go off at any time, day or night...) and tell us where to go... usually it was to an emergency facility set up for that purpose.
The public relations folks would start putting out "public notices" and updates, according to a script. Various specialists -- chemical, radiological, biological, etc. -- would go through the motions of addressing whatever the crisis du jour was that day... and so on. We even had "casualties" drawn from the labor pool.... janitors, grounds keepers, etc., who would act out whatever injury or condition they were told to.
I GUESS it kept people on their toes and mindful of emergency actions, but I found them to be a pain in the ass, but that's just me. I no longer work there but hey, it paid the mortgage.
Yeah, these types of mass casualty exercises are not uncommon. I volunteered for a few of these as a victim. Fire fighters, national guard, and SaR organizations like to run these to teach their people how to triage and respond under pressure, especially after 9/11. Last time I did it, they painted me with really professional make-up that made my shinbone stick out of my skin. Kind of cool. There were a few hundred volunteer victims at that one.
Not strange at all, though admittedly it may seem so to someone who's never served and been involved in one or more of these. These are pretty typical "NBC" or Nuclear/Biological/Chemical training exercises and, on most bases, are held at least once a year either on base or near the base like in the video.
It's a boring training exercise to almost everyone....that is, until you actually need it.
Thing is, the military is always training for nearly every event imaginable: NBC, infiltration, base attack, active shooter, mass casualty, emergency evacs, etc. The list truly is huge.
Not all that strange. Semi-realistic emergency training often goes just like this. I used to work for a contractor to DOE, which had three large nuclear installations in the region and we had these kinds of drills about every 6 months. A "scenario" would be set up -- radiological emergency, accidental chemical release, collapsed building, etc. -- and then all the people who would be involved would receive a message on our pagers (yes, this was the day of pagers...ugh! Nasty little things that could go off at any time, day or night...) and tell us where to go... usually it was to an emergency facility set up for that purpose.
The public relations folks would start putting out "public notices" and updates, according to a script. Various specialists -- chemical, radiological, biological, etc. -- would go through the motions of addressing whatever the crisis du jour was that day... and so on. We even had "casualties" drawn from the labor pool.... janitors, grounds keepers, etc., who would act out whatever injury or condition they were told to.
I GUESS it kept people on their toes and mindful of emergency actions, but I found them to be a pain in the ass, but that's just me. I no longer work there but hey, it paid the mortgage.
Yeah, these types of mass casualty exercises are not uncommon. I volunteered for a few of these as a victim. Fire fighters, national guard, and SaR organizations like to run these to teach their people how to triage and respond under pressure, especially after 9/11. Last time I did it, they painted me with really professional make-up that made my shinbone stick out of my skin. Kind of cool. There were a few hundred volunteer victims at that one.
A glowie with experience as a crisis actor!
Hahahha
Silly glowie go do a terrorism
Not strange at all, though admittedly it may seem so to someone who's never served and been involved in one or more of these. These are pretty typical "NBC" or Nuclear/Biological/Chemical training exercises and, on most bases, are held at least once a year either on base or near the base like in the video.
It's a boring training exercise to almost everyone....that is, until you actually need it.
Thing is, the military is always training for nearly every event imaginable: NBC, infiltration, base attack, active shooter, mass casualty, emergency evacs, etc. The list truly is huge.
Oh, sorry....source: me. 24 yr retired vet.
That's ominous,nuclear,biological and chemical attack training. NBC
The Military conducts exercises like this regularly,pretty standard, but in this clown world we are living in,anything is possible.
Get some popcorn,beer,buckle up and enjoy the movie!